New year; new cabinet? Theresa May is expected to announce her latest reshuffle this week - and could there be some tough news for Surrey's highest profile MPs?

With the Westminster rumour mill in full swing, there are mounting suggestions Mrs May's latest rejig could see some significant changes among cabinet ministers.

Surrey is somewhat unique in that it has a number of senior politicians who could be getting hot under the collar if the Prime Minister is plotting to freshen up her front bench.

From environment secretary Michael Gove , who made come back worthy of Lazarus last year, to Jeremy Hunt , who is set to become Britain's longest serving health secretary, which Surrey MPs have cause to be concerned about their role in the forthcoming reshuffle?

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Last autumn, Tory MP Nadine Dorries said: "If I were Prime Minister, the person I would be demoting or sacking would be Philip Hammond. I think she very much wanted to do that before the election.

"I don't think he has been totally on board, I think he has been deliberately trying to make the Brexit negotiations difficult, stall them, obfuscate the issues."

Jeremy Hunt

South West Surrey MP Mr Hunt is set to become Britain's longest serving health sec (Image: Daily Mirror)

Dubbed the "great reshuffle survivor" , the South West Surrey MP is set to become Britain's longest serving health secretary since the dawn of the NHS, which was established in 1948 during the tenure of Aneurin Bevan.

Jeremy Hunt passed the five-year milestone in 2017 after he managed to retain the position in Mrs May's snap election reshuffle, but could things things change this year?

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Chris Grayling

Grayling has been accused of misleading parliament (Image: Daily Mirror)

Transport secretary Chris Grayling could be the Surrey MP in the most danger after Lord Adonis called for his resignation.

Speaking to The Observer , Lord Adonis slammed the Epsom and Ewell MP following accusations he mislead parliament over the early termination of the East Coast rail franchise as it emerged the operator had been due to pay the Treasury more than £2 billion.

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Lord Adonis, who resigned as head of the government-backed National Infrastructure Commission last week, said the decision has landed taxpayers with a potential bill running into billions and will lead to higher fares and less investment in the network.

This has prompted further criticism as one member of the public told Get Surrey Mr Grayling should be sacked for the "unacceptable rise in rail fares" and his support for Heathrow's controversial third runway.

Sam Gyimah

East Surrey MP Sam Gyimah has been parliamentary under secretary of state for prisons and probation since 2016 and is responsible for matters concerning prison reform, extremism, public protections and foreign national offenders.

There may be a few question marks over his role - what has he actually done to reform Britain's prison and probation system?

According to the government, Mr Gyimah introduced increased security measures in prisons, proposed increasing dangerous driving sentences and pardoned thousands of gay and bisexual men who were previously convicted under now abolished sexual offence laws.

Anne Milton

Could the former nurse become the next Health Secretary? (Image: Surrey Advertiser)